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The Lancaster Bruins notched their fourth straight wrestling win with a 49-30 home win over Class A foe North Central High School on Thursday night in the LHS gym.
The Bruins took the early lead and stayed on top for the decisive victory.
“We had a good start and we were able to keep the lead,” LHS coach Leon Boulware said.
Adam Varney, Jordan Hamrick and Chris Stevenson each had a pin for the
Bruins, who were coming off a home sweep of Buford, Lewisville and Camden Military Academy on Tuesday.

Michael Knight
For The Lancaster News
The 2011 Lancaster Motor Speedway Vintage Division points championship went to Kenneth Deese.
Deese is known around the Carolina dirt tracks as “The Big Show.”
Deese has become a fan favorite in the Vintage Division with his Chevy race cars looking just like the late, great Dale Earnhardt’s race cars.
This season, Deese captured six wins and posted numerous top-five finishes on his way to winning the 2011 Vintage Division points championship.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
The driver in Friday's single-vehicle fatal crash faces felony charges for reportedly being under the influence of alcohol.
The S.C. Highway Patrol has charged Christopher Love, 35, of Heath Springs with felony DUI with death.
Love was driving a gray 2000 Nissan Xterra east on Camp Creek Road when he ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and ran off the left side of the road, said Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Scot Edgeworth.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
Family, friends, state and local dignitaries and fellow S.C. Highway Patrol troopers gathered at Unity ARP Church outside Lancaster Friday to remember the life and service of Patrolman Marion Charles Steele.
Steele, then 28, a husband and father of three young children, died Sept. 10, 1966. He was shot to death during a traffic stop for speeding in Chesterfield County.

Sherry Archie
For The Lancaster News
Lancaster High School’s cafeteria was filled with smiling faces Dec. 3. The young and young-at-heart came together for a hot meal and a chance to give Santa (dressed in his best LHS blue and gold) their wish lists.

Nancy Parsons
Landmark News Service
Robert and Johnny Wertz are thankful to have shared Thanksgiving Day with their sister.
The brothers had no idea it would be the last holiday they would celebrate with her.
Alfreda Wertz Hinson, 57, was found murdered in her Old Winnsboro Road home Nov. 28.
Johnny Wertz, 55, said his sister was a nice, kind person. He has some physical limitations and relied on his sister to help him with things such as grocery shopping, doctor appointments and paying bills.

The Lancaster County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) is scheduled to consider an appeal Tuesday night by another Indian Land concrete plant that lost its protected nonconforming-use status in the 521 Perimeter Commerce Park.
The appeal comes two months after a similar case in which the BZA overturned the county zoning department's revocation of Thomas Concrete LLC's protected nonconforming-use status in the same light-industrial park.
Lancaster County Council is seeking an appeal of the decision before a Court of Common Pleas judge.

Months after the shooting of a horse in the Panhandle stirred debate over the legality of firing weapons on private property, Lancaster County Council will consider a new firearms proposal at its Monday meeting.
The proposed negligent discharge of firearms ordinance, drafted by the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and county staff, would place liability on a shooter if a round from a firearm leaves their property. The proposed ordinance includes exemptions for people defending life and property, as well as for approved shooting ranges.

The owner of a storage building came face-to-face with a burglar as he checked his property Tuesday night, though the unknown man got away.
A 70-year-old Lancaster man told police he was making his nightly rounds just after 8 p.m. at a building in the 200 block of Elm Street, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report. The owner said he checks every night to make sure the building is secure before going home, but this time he saw something odd.
After pulling his car up to the building and walking to the front door, he noticed the door was unlocked.

In the coming days, Lancaster Alternative Policing Strategy (LAPS) will remember people who have passed away and assist those in need of a helping hand.
The local crime-awareness group is holding its Stop the Violence Candlelight Vigil at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in front of Lancaster City Hall, 216 S. Catawba St.
City Councilwoman Tamara Green Garris, LAPS' founder, said there will be a roll call for all victims who died over the past 10 years from “senseless acts of violence.”